Wonder of the Modern World?

With the heat this week, the sliding fence on my property would not open - a plank had warped so much the gate would no longer slide behind the gate.

My first thought was to sell the house. Unfortunately, I'd still be expected to remove my car from the property - and I needed the car for a jaunt to Canberra for a PWWW in a few days. However, my febrile imagination suggested that I need only knock down the fence, and my car would be free. As I wandered around the back yard trying to decide where to start this enterprise, I say a bit of discarded timber from a repair job I had done a few months back.

"When you find you have wood in the afternoon, look for a screw."
  - Python Imperator

I suddenly had a flash in inspiration - the old juxtaposed with the new, the vertical being tamed by the horizontal, the long finding purpose with the short, the permanent being rescued by the temporary.

Although I had duct tape at hand, I only needed it to align the cross plank. And behold, I thing of beauty comes into existence!

I love the endless possibilities that come from working with wood.
 - Python Imperator

Note the clever use of recessed screws to hide the underlying structure - leaving the timber to hover as if by magic.

Although the year has only just begun, I wonder if there might be a Time News Magazine this year discussing genius and featuring this work.